Afterwards, we would drive around Bodega and then head to Occidental to have drinks at the Negris Resturant's bar and then head home. It was always a nice ride out there and back.
About three years ago we decided to stay the weekend out there. Like about three days and we stayed at The Inn at the Tides. I absolutely love that hotel.
This past weekend (27 and 28 May 2011) we stayed one night up there at my favorite hotel.
These are pictures from our room window.
The weather up there was nice but a light jacket was definitely needed.
We got up there about 1:30pm and was able to check in right away. Check is usually by 4pm and check out is 11am. We settled into the room, watched some TV, read and took a nap and then headed to Occidental for dinner at the Negris Restaurant. Our waitress named Lenette was hilarious. I ordered the red snapper lightly breaded with mashed potatoes and my partner ordered the chicken Parmesan and the food was more than we could eat, because before the main course we had minestrone soup in a small pot delivered to our table along with a salad and bread. Along with our meal we ordered garlic bread. That's definitely an Italian restaurant because only Italians know how to feed people. With our food came home made raviolis and you haven't had raviolis until you have had these. The recipe belongs to the owner's mother. The next time I will just have ravioli and call it Bob Hope.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel with our left overs to eat later.
During this weekend Tippi Hedren was going to be at the Tides Wharf signing autographs so my partner was looking forward to that. We found this out back accident when I had to go to the hotel's web site to get the number to make reservations.
Upon arriving back from dinner we hung in the room a bit and then about 7:30pm we headed to the bar for drinks and just hang out a bit. We had plan on staying there about an hour or so but stayed until 11:30pm talking with the bartender and his girlfriend, who is the waitress there. the bar/restaurant closes at 11pm. So I guess you could say we had a great time.
I order a shot (actually two shots) of Patron and an Italian beer recommended to me by the bartender.
My partner had ordered scotch but I can't remember the name of it.
The bartender's name was Theo (no relation to the Huxables- bahahaha) and his girlfriend's name was Megan. I'll tell you a story about Megan in a bit.
My partner and I played backgammon and talked and laughed with Theo who we learned is a musician getting back into his music and plays the trumpet but is getting back into playing the picket trumpet.
And has two kids (boy and girl) who resides with their mother right now but he tries to spend as much time with them as he can.
Theo's girlfriend Megan was a victim of a shark bite about five years ago to which it became big news and she was called by the Today show and The Discovery channel. Each year the Discovery channel contacts her to do an update but she's so over it she doesn't talk about it publicly. She was even contacted by Oprah but she didn't want to do it. The reason being is she was tired of talking about it and she was learning that people were not interested in her but in making money off of her.
I commend her for having respect for herself to not sell herself out for a few bucks. She showed us the scar on her leg (which were teeth marks) and showed where the shark grabbed her. She was very lucky to not have lost a limb.
At about 11:30pm we headed back to our room and had our left overs.
The next morning we got up about 8:30am and prepared to check out, have our complimentary breakfast at the Tides Wharf and then meet Tippi who was signing autographs there from 10a-5p. But she didn't show until about 10:30a. She was friendly and pleasant. She charged $25 for her autograph on items that were pre purchased such as books, DVD's (my partner wanted Tippi to sign her Birds DVD) and other things. But if you purchased a photo or the small movie poster then she signed those. You still paid $25 for her signature but at least walked away with something. You get my point.
This is the back of a fan and Tippi was blown away and said this was a first. She asked Tom (a guy with her - not her husband but probably an assistant) to take a picture of it but he was having problems operating Tippi's iPhone. I will just leave it at that. I won't even mention the comment the publicist made, but it was funny as hell, especially the way she said it.
After we got our autograph we headed home. Although I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I was glad to be home. We plan on going back either in October of this year or in January of 2012.
I highly recommend staying at The Inn at the Tides, but I'm sure any place around there would be good. Definitely have dinner in Occidental. Just get on Bohemian Hwy (that's the street name) and drive for about ten years and you'll run right into the town of Occidental. If you get there (in Bodega Bay) about mid morning or early afternoon have lunch at Lucas Wharf.
As mentioned, I love Bodega Bay and looking forward to going back real soon.
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